Saw that too. Teasing stuff like that can be a double-edged sword. Someone let it slip to me at Toy Fair in 2008 that the Turbo Tank was on the way, but I felt compelled to keep my mouth shut and be all ethical and ****. I didn't want to blow up the guys spot, and wanted to maintain a good working relationship with Hasbro.

Fast forward a couple of years after that and a site that I used to be affiliated with got a full Hasbro marketing plan and confirmation of the big AT-AT. They decided to publish it, despite my protestations that it should be dealt with cautiously. What ensued afterward was intense, and included threats of litigation from Hasbro's legal representation.

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on the yakface's facebook, somebody got a comfirmation on a item in 2013. Does anybody know what this is ??

yeah I saw that too, did they end up meaning the details on the yoda style packaging?

either way, there was some turd with what looked like a Madonna picture posting on the facebook thread. what a turd.... Words cannot express how much of a turd he was being.... turd. Madonna man - if you are reading this - you are a turd.

Saw that too. Teasing stuff like that can be a double-edged sword. Someone let it slip to me at Toy Fair in 2008 that the Turbo Tank was on the way, but I felt compelled to keep my mouth shut and be all ethical and ****. I didn't want to blow up the guys spot, and wanted to maintain a good working relationship with Hasbro.

Fast forward a couple of years after that and a site that I used to be affiliated with got a full Hasbro marketing plan and confirmation of the big AT-AT. They decided to publish it, despite my protestations that it should be dealt with cautiously. What ensued afterward was intense, and included threats of litigation from Hasbro's legal representation.

We've had to deal with the same thing a couple of time here...most notably when Tom Hodges posted a bunch of EpIII Concept Art in a Rebelscum chat room and "someone" copied them all and sent them too us

Chris posted them right away and was greeted with LFL lawyers and threats and all that jazz. We were all scared shitless but it was also a lot of fun!

The other time happened soon after. We got the scoop on the EpIII design and look and actual mockups and the like (sort of like this Yak story) We chose to do our own concept mock ups instead of just posting the info #1 to protect our source and #2 to not have LFL shut us down permanently

The TRU still has a few of the "Shadows of the Dark Side" packaged AT-AT's.

Dunno if this signals the upcoming end of Vintage or what, repackaging things out there in one last money grab, because they sure could wait on the AT-AT and the Falcon until closer to when OT movies are rereleased.